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 BOA at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2023 | |
| Born | Ryan Boa May 9, 1995 [1] [2] Windsor, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Other names | Bitch on Arrival |
| Occupation | Drag queen |
| Television | Canada's Drag Race (season 1) |
BOA (an abbreviation for Bitch on Arrival) is the stage name of Ryan Boa [3] (born May 9, 1995), a drag performer most known for competing on season 1 of Canada's Drag Race . [4]
Boa was born in Windsor, Ontario. [5] [6]
BOA worked as a drag queen for six years before competing on season 1 of Canada's Drag Race , [7] where he placed seventh. [8]
In May 2015, BOA was physically attacked after a show by a man he had brought home to hang out with following a performance, after the attacker pressured BOA to have sex and BOA declined. [9] The attacker broke BOA's nose, and stole his wallet, laptop and cellphone. [9] He was arrested two weeks later in Vancouver, British Columbia, following another unrelated crime, and was identified as BOA's attacker; [10] in September 2016 he pled guilty to the robbery and a breach of probation charge from prior crimes, although the physical assault charge was dropped. [11]
BOA has since continued to speak out about the issue of violence in the LGBTQ+ community, [12] including speaking about the incident in a Canada's Drag Race episode. [13]
In 2021, she released the debut single "Gettin' It Done". [14] In July 2021, she performed alongside Juice Boxx, Anastarzia Anaquway, Farra N. Hyte and TroyBoy at the inaugural Drag Starz at the Manor, a new drag event in Guelph, Ontario. [15]
Boa lives in Toronto. [16] He proposed to his boyfriend in 2020. [17]
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